Florida Statutes

Fla. Stat. § 129.07 (2025)

Unlawful to exceed the budget.

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129.07 Unlawful to exceed the budget.—The board of county commissioners may not expend or enter into a contract requiring expenditures in any fiscal year for more than the amount of appropriations in each fund’s budget, except as provided herein, and the total appropriations of any budget may not be exceeded, except as provided in s. 129.06. Any indebtedness contracted for any purpose against either of the funds enumerated in this chapter or for any purpose, which is chargeable to either of the funds, is null and void, and no suit may be prosecuted in any court in this state for the collection of such indebtedness. The members of the board of county commissioners voting and contracting for such indebtedness are liable for any excess indebtedness contracted for.

History.—s. 7, ch. 6814, 1915; RGS 1530; CGL 2308; s. 6, ch. 26874, 1951; s. 3, ch. 78-157; s. 9, ch. 2011-144.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1970–2022 · leading case: Metro. Dade Cnty. v. Maddox, 242 So. 2d 165 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970).

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Metro. Dade Cnty. v. Maddox, 242 So. 2d 165 (Fla. 3d DCA 1970). · cites it 8× “" Plaintiffs contend that § 129.07, Fla. Stat. F.S.A., was not properly raised in the answer or pleadings of Dade County and should not be considered for the first time in this appeal.”

Harris v. Dade Cnty., 13 Fla. Supp. 2d 69 (Fla. Cir. Ct. 1985). · cites it 4× “Pursuant to Section 129.07, Florida Statutes, it is unlawful for the board of county commissioners to expend or contract for the expenditure in any fiscal year more than the amount budgeted.”

Alachua Cnty., etc. v. Clovis Watson, Jr., etc. (Fla. 2022). “§ 129.07. But first, we catch a glimpse of some teeth in the statute and see where they are meant to bite: it is the members of the board of county commissioners who are liable for debts taken in excess of the duly approved budget.”

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